WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Tom Homan said Ilhan Omar could face denaturalization and deportation if investigators establish that she committed immigration fraud.
  • Federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, DC, home last Monday and seized her cellphone during the investigation.
  • Omar has not been charged and denies wrongdoing, while Barack Obama accused the Trump administration of politically targeting her.
  • Markwayne Mullin said multiple court authorized warrants were executed and authorities expect to present the case to a grand jury.

White House border czar Tom Homan says Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar could lose her American citizenship and face deportation if federal investigators establish that she committed immigration fraud. The warning follows a federal search of Omar's Washington, DC, home last Monday and the seizure of her cellphone.

During an interview with Fox News, Homan said investigators had assembled a 'strong case' against the Somali-born lawmaker. Asked whether the investigation could ultimately result in denaturalization and deportation, Homan said that outcome was possible.

'Of course,' Homan replied, explaining that citizenship can be revoked if someone lied during the naturalization process. 'We've done it before, and it is a long, tedious process, but it's been done before,' he said.

'I've been involved with those investigations before, and certainly if the evidence points that way, yes, it could happen,' Homan added. Still, he said investigators would determine where the evidence leads.

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Omar, 44, has not been charged with a crime and has strongly denied wrongdoing. She maintains that the investigation is a politically motivated witch hunt aimed at one of President Donald Trump's most vocal congressional critics.

Homan indicated that investigators were confident about their case. 'I've been told we have a strong case,' he told Fox News on Saturday.

'We'll let the evidence see where it leads. She'll be held to the same standard you and I are held. If she violated law, then she'd be held accountable,' Homan said.

The border czar also argued that immigration fraud investigations can serve as a warning about the consequences of violating American immigration laws. He pointed to efforts involving refugee case reviews and denaturalization proceedings, but declined to discuss whether Omar was being investigated for additional possible offenses.

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Former President Barack Obama entered the fight on Sunday, using a post on X to accuse the Trump administration of targeting Omar because of her criticism of the White House. His intervention added another political layer to an already heated federal investigation.

'It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say,' Obama wrote. 'But that's exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.'

Obama said the investigation appeared to center on a dispute about Omar's age when her father became a naturalized American citizen. According to Obama, Omar arrived in the United States at age 12 and acquired citizenship five years later when her father was naturalized.

Obama claimed investigators were examining a theory that Omar was actually 18 at the time, which could affect her citizenship status. 'Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,' he wrote.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said multiple court-authorized search warrants were executed on the same day agents searched Omar's residence. Speaking on The Charlie Kirk Show, Mullin said authorities expected to take the case to a grand jury.

'We had a judge sign it, and we expect to be able to take the case to a grand jury,' Mullin said. 'We wouldn't move forward, and President Trump didn't want to move forward either, unless we knew that it couldn't be politically driven.'

Mullin also raised the possibility that investigators could consider federal racketeering offenses if evidence revealed a coordinated effort to deceive immigration authorities. He described a hypothetical scheme involving fraudulent paperwork used to bring other people into the United States, though no such charges have been filed against Omar.

The investigation has also revived allegations from conservative critics that Omar married her brother to assist his immigration to the United States. Omar has repeatedly called those claims 'absurd and offensive.'

Omar's legal team demanded the return of property seized during the search and insisted there was 'no legitimate basis for any suggestion that she has violated any law concerning her citizenship status.' Her attorneys also accused federal authorities of pursuing an unlawful investigation and disregarding Justice Department practices concerning investigative actions that could influence elections.

Justice Department spokesperson Emily Covington rejected the allegations and called the attorneys' letter 'riddled with false allegations and inaccuracies.' She said federal attorneys and law enforcement partners followed all court orders and legal requirements.

Trump has denied involvement in the investigation. After the search, he told reporters: 'I think she's a terrible person, but that's really up to the DOJ.'

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